A Look at Season 2: Better Call Saul
You couldn"t have had a better callback, "Saul."
Season 2 of the "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul," which premiered Monday night, has Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) showing flashes of his future alter ego, Saul Goodman. After initially rejecting a cushy job at the law firm Davis & Maine, Odenkirk"s character enlists Kim (Rhea Seehorn) to help him run a scam on a stock trader, tricking him into buying them expensive shots of tequila.
The scam brings the pair closer together, but eventually they abandon the rotten streak and McGill decides to take the law firm job. Sorry, no Saul Goodman after all. (He does flip a switch that says "Do not turn off," though. Yeah, pretty badass.) Still,while McGill was "breaking bad," there was a sneaky callback to the original show that you might"ve missed.
First, take a look at that stock trader that got scammed. Recognize him from anywhere?
AMCThat"s Ken, the same guy who stole Walter White"s parking space in "Breaking Bad." It"s cool, though. Mr. White eventually blew up his car, so they"re all square.
But the Easter egg gets even better. Now, check out that tequila they made Ken buy ...
That"s Zafiro Aejo. "Better Call Saul" creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould confirmed on AMC"s live aftershow "Talking Saul" that it"s the same type of tequila Gus poisoned in "Breaking Bad," causing the deaths of Eladio Vuente and other members of the Jurez Cartel.
"Talking Saul" host Chris Hardwick also asked Gilligan if the name Zafiro Aejo was related to blue meth, which the writer also confirmed.
"Sapphire in Spanish, Zafiro Aejo, yeah," said Gilligan.
We salute all your "Breaking Bad" Easter eggs, sirs. Cheers to you guys.
"Better Call Saul" airs Mondays at 10:00 p.m. ET on AMC.
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"Breaking Bad" references in "Better Call Saul"
Mike"s love for Pimento
In one of the more light-hearted nods, viewers were reminded of Mike"s consistency when he revealed his snack of choice for his security job in episode nine, a throwback to series four of "BB.Mike"s love for Pimento
In one of the more light-hearted nods, viewers were reminded of Mike"s consistency when he revealed his snack of choice for his security job in episode nine, a throwback to series four of "BB.Netflix
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The key fob
You can always rely on Reddit users to spot the most obscure details, can"t you? Here"s Walt"s key,. in the "BB" finale, and Jimmy"s in the first "Better Call Saul" episode. Sadly, the jury"s out what this tiny symbol could mean.image
Heisenberg"s coat and hat?
This could be a case of getting over-zealous in the hunt for clues, but this coat and hat hanging up in the courthouse look an awful lot like Heisenberg"s outfit.
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The Kevin Costner story
In series 3 of "Breaking Bad", viewers saw Saul telling Walt he could achieve anything, concluding with: "I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it." Well, in the final episode of the series, we finally got to see the woman who fell for Saul"s trick.
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Juan Tabo
Juan Tabo Boulevard is a pretty huge street in Albuquerque, but nothing happens in a Vince Gilligan show by accident. Jimmy"s address - where a real-life nail salon actually sits - is also the road that the one-time meth cook Gael Boetticher resided on. It also popped up in the first episode of "BCS", when the two skateboarders attempted their scam.image
The phonebox graffiti
Like many other scenes, this one at first seemed void of "BB" nods - but could the "Jpi" be Jesse Pinkman"s graffiti tag?The youngster would be around 15 years old in the "BCS" world, and while it might seem like we"re stretching things, the tag also appeared in an episode of "Breaking Bad". Hmmm...
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The Cadillac
One of the show"s first scenes sees Jimmy, a struggling wannabe, park next to this Cadillac. The link? This is the car Saul goes on to own, once he"s finally on top (and a fully-fledged dodgy lawyer...).
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Loyola"s
Jimmy"s meeting place of choice with the Kettlemans also appeared in "Breaking Bad", when Mike ate with Jesse, and then later met Lydia for a business meeting.
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Slippin" Jimmy fits in with Saul"s dodgy knees
Obviously, when "Breaking Bad" was created, the team had no idea that they"d later be working on "Better Call Saul". Writer Thomas Schnauz has revealed how some aspects of Jimmy developed, revealing that they remembered Saul"s arrest scene while thinking about Slippin" Jimmy. "We thought he must have taken a lot of bad hits on the ice of Chicago and he probably messed up his knees falling down all the time," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "When we did it in Breaking Bad, we didn"t have a reason that he had bad knees, but it"s nice when we can tie those threads together."Netflix
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